Expected severe weather conditions in Cape Town on Sunday have forced the organisers of the Absa Run Your City 10km, after consulting with the City of Cape Towns safety authorities, to cancel the Mother City leg of this race.
Big guns such as SA 10km record holder Glenrose Xaba and Tayla Kavanagh, whos the reigning SA 5,000m and 10,000m champion, among many other athletes, had already arrived in Cape Town for the race. On Friday the weather was just perfect in the Mother City, with no signs of rain at all.
However, according to a statement released by Stillwater Sports, who are the organisers, therell be floods in many parts of the city on Sunday.